Hosea was believed to have lived in the 8th century B.C. The name “Hosea,” means “salvation,” or “He saves,” or “He helps.”
Here is how the Book of Hosea starts:
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)
Hosea is shown to have had a difficult time and was told to take harlots as wives. But he also had difficult messages …
Mexico is being hit by Hurricane Patricia:
October 23, 2015
MONTERREY, Mexico — Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated Friday from Mexico’s Pacific coast as the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere bore down on the popular tourist area packing sustained winds of 190 mph, down from
More attention is being placed on the Palestinian uprising and violence:
October 20, 2015
Another stabbing attack Tuesday morning in the West Bank left an Israeli soldier wounded and the assailant killed, increasing the fear in the country that no place is safe.The military said the Israeli officer was injured lightly in the stabbing. The army said the attack took place in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa near Hebron during a “violent riot” of Palestinian demonstrators.
World News Daily (WND) ran the following:
A rising conservative voice says Americans have largely grown ignorant of the principles and motivations surrounding the U.S. founding and America is in the process of fulfilling 200-year-old predictions about what could doom the republic, but he also says it’s not too ...
News reports tell of more violence in Syria and Israel as well as the partitioning taking place. First notice something related to Syria:
Suicide Stabbings: A New Chapter in Palestinian Violence
The readiness of young Palestinians to attack, knowing they face a good chance of dying, has fundamentally changed the situation in Israel and the territories.
News reports tell of more violence in Syria and Israel as well as the partitioning taking place. First notice something related to Syria:
October 16, 2015
GENEVA – Talk of a Holy war in Syria is deeply worrying U.N. advisers and the second ranking United Nations official says the religious or ethnic partition of Syria would be part of an extremely dangerous trend.
The Obama Administration has apparently decided to keep more US troops in Afghanistan:
Obama to Reverse Course on US Military Posture in Afghanistan
October 15, 2015
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce Thursday that he will slow down the planned withdrawal of American military forces from Afghanistan scheduled for next year.
The Muslim year 1437 is expected to begin today. Does this have any relevance?
Before getting to that, notice something about a documentary produced a while back by Protestant Joel Richardson:
Adnan Oktar, a media personality and prolific author, about what Islam expects to happen as the world grinds down to the last days. …
Certain Palestinians have taken to the use of stabbings to attempt to protest in Israel:
October 14, 2015
Israeli police say they have foiled a stabbing attack, killing the assailant as he tried to stab a security guard just outside an entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City.
Police officials say no Israelis were wounded in the incident Wednesday, the latest in a ...